winuae woes....

[paul1981]

I installed SP3 on my XP setup 2 years ago, and it actually increased the speed of my internet connection (or network connection) by a significant amount. I was pleased with that and wished I had installed it earlier (I play online games).

[paul1981]

I wonder if there will be a way, when support for XP is over in 2013, to buy a "final" version of XP - with all the updates ever released incorporated into it.

That way if someone did a fresh in stall of Windows XP in the year 2016, for instance, they don't have to download all the updates released up to 2013 (assuming the Microsoft servers even still host the XP updates after 2013).

I still use Windows98 on an old laptop for work. You can actually get all of the updates ever produced for 98 all in one download here:
http://exuberant.ms11.net/98sesp.html

More projects here:
http://www.msfn.org/board/forum/91-windows-9x-member-projects/
KernalEX lets you run WinXP software on 98...

Another is Revolutions Pack:
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/131040-revolutions-pack-9/
This makes Windows98 look like Windows Vista or XP or 7.

I can only guess that in 5 years time there will be the same passion surrounding XP as what people still show in 98 today!

[paul1981]

@paul1981

That's quite cool. Not that I use either Win9x or Winuae much, but do you happen to know if Winuae will run on a Win9x system with all the above updates? It (Win9x) is much easier to strip back to the nth degree to use as a host for an emulated system. Could be pretty nice for those people that like to have dedicated WinUAE boxes.
ReactOS is a decent option, but not yet as fast as it could be.

I'm afraid I haven't installed KernalEx, so I can't say yes or no whether the latest WinUAE will work or not, but I do have all other updates installed.
I actually use WinUAE 1.4.6 (2008.02.02) which was the last version available that supports Windows 98 (file name WinUAE1460.zip).